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Features and benefits

Form factor
ATX (12.00 inches by 9.60 inches [304.80 millimeters by 243.84 millimeters])

Processor
Click View supported processors for the most current list of compatible processors.
At product launch, this desktop board supports:

• Support for a Intel® Core™ i7 processor in an LGA1366 socket

Memory

• Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
• Support for DDR3 1600 MHz?, DDR3 1333 MHz?, DDR3 1066 MHz
• Support for up to 16 GB? of system memory

Chipset

• Intel® X58 Express Chipset

Audio
Intel® High Definition Audio subsystem in the following configuration:

• 10-channel (7.1) Dolby Home Theater* Audio subsystem with five analog audio outputs and two S/PDIF digital audio outputs (coaxial and optical) using the Realtek* ALC889 audio codec

Video

• Nvidia SLI* and ATI CrossFire* multi-GPU platform support enables two graphics cards to work together for ultimate 3D gaming performance and visual quality
• Full support of next-generation ATI CrossFire* and Nvidia SLI*

LAN support
Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem

Peripheral interfaces

• Twelve USB 2.0 ports (8 external ports, 2 internal headers)
• Six Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s ports, including 2 eSATA port with RAID support supplied by a Marvell* controller
• Two IEEE-1394a ports (1 external port, 1 internal header)
• Consumer IR receiver and emitter (via internal headers)

Expansion capabilities

• One PCI Conventional* bus add-in card connectors (SMBus routed to PCI Conventional bus add-in card connector)
• One primary PCI Express* 2.0 x16 (electrical x16) bus add-in card connector
• One secondary PCI Express 2.0 x16 (electrical x16) bus add-in card connector
• One PCI Express* 1.0a x16 (electrical x4) bus add-in card connector

Related products

Processors

• Intel® Core™ i7 processor
• Intel® Core™ i7 processor Extreme Edition

Chipsets

• Intel® X58 Express Chipset

WHERE YOU CAN BUY:

AMAZON.COM $219.99: http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Extreme-Tri-Channel-CrossFireX-Overclocking/dp/B001ISJONM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1266903306&sr=8-1

TIGERDIRECT.COM $229.99: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4240073&CatId=4070

SPECS:

Model
AM-932-RWN1-GP

Available Color
RED / Black

Dimension (W / H / D)
(W)9.6" X (H)22.5" front half, 21.5" back half X (D)22.7"

Weight
29.1 lbs

Motherboards
Micro – ATX / ATX / E-ATX (does not support Dual Xeon Nocona)

5.25" Drive Bay
6 (without the use of exposed 3.5" drive bay)

3.5" Drive Bay
5 hidden 1 exposed (converted from one 5.25" drive bay)

Cooling System
Front: 230 x 30 mm red LED fan x 1, 700 RPM, 110 CFM, 19 dBA
Side: NO FAN AVAILABLE 
Top: 230 x 30 mm standard fan x 1, 700 RPM, 110 CFM, 19 dBA (support 120 mm fan x 3 or 120 mm x 1 + 230 x 30 mm x 1)
Rear: 140 x 25 mm standard fan x 1, 1200 RPM, 60 CFM, 17 dBA (support 120 mm fan x 1), 35,000 hours life expectancy

Power Supply
Standard ATX PS2 / EPS 12V (optional) – It is not included.

I/O Panel
USB 2.0 x 4, IEEE1394a x 1, eSATA x 1, Mic x 1, Audio x 1

WHERE TO BUY:

NEWEGG.COM $159.99: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119212&cm_re=coolermaster_932-_-11-119-212-_-Product

AMAZON.COM $149.99: http://www.amazon.com/Haf-Amd-Edition-Red-Dragon/dp/B002YEWX00/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1266543431&sr=8-1-spell

POWER SUPPLY 750WATT $79.99 AT COMPUSA.COM: http://www.compusa.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3276567